NatureFix app transforms hospital green spaces into places of wellbeing across NSLHD In an initiative to promote wellbeing and wellness for staff and visitors, NatureFix has been introduced at various sites across Northern Sydney Local Health District. Supported by a digital app, signage, mobile land and the water. “The ability to have such strong cultural knowledge shared by Elders through stories is very powerful.” The app is available across five NSLHD
audio, research data, and promotional materials, the NatureFix program aims to connect people with nature in a meaningful way. The digital platform transforms some of NSLHD’s green spaces into wellness places, unlocking the health benefits of nature through short self-guided mindfulness
sites—Royal North Shore, Hornsby Ku-ring- gai, Macquarie, Mona Vale hospitals, and the Manly Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice. For more information view the NSLHD NatureFix website: https://bit.ly/NSLHD- NatureFix.
experiences carefully matched with natural features known to improve wellbeing. Jonathan Noyes, NSLHD’s Population Health Promotion Operations Manager, said the program helps foster a includes a series of short wellness audio routines designed to help increase self-care and encourage meaningful moments in nature to improve mood, energy, and focus,” he said. connection to nature. “Each wellbeing zone “This initiative provides our staff with wellbeing benefits and supports them to continue to provide high- quality patient care for the community.” But NatureFix offers more than just personal wellness. It also provides an opportunity to learn about the traditional custodians of the lands on which these sites are built. Acting Deputy Director of the NSLHD Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service Adam Cryer highlighted the program’s cultural impact. “The fantastic thing about the NatureFix app is that people are actually able to stand on Country, close their eyes, and feel how these places would have felt thousands of years ago,” Adam said. “They can understand how our mob engaged with the
(Left to right) Acting Deputy Director of the NSLHD Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service Adam Cryer, Uncle Laurie Bimson, who speaks on the audio routines and Population Health Promotion Operations Manager Jonathon Noyes at the Manly Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice NatureFix Zone.
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